[Vwdiesel] diesel prices

[dieseltdi at verizon.net]

Expect gas pricesto skyrocket in the next few months.  I heard a  
report the other day about the removal of MTB as a gasoline additive  
and being replaced by ethanol.  Turns out that right now there is an  
extreme shortage of ethanol available for mixing with the gasoline.   
Report estimated that prices could jump 35-50 cents just on the basis  
of that.  Stir in Civil War in Iraq, those lunatics in Iran, the  
attacks the other day on a Saudi oil refinery and the attacks on oil  
facilities in Nigeria and you can expect a big leap in gas prices.   
BTW saw an article today in my local paper showing that sales of big  
SUVs has plummeted in the last few months.  Some models, like the  
Explorer, have had sales decrease of over 50% all but the new Tahoe  
have shown sales drops of 20% or more.  Hayden

On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:34 PM, hwy9fergs at comcast.net wrote:

>
> Hey, Talk about a reason to rant. How about the latest fuel price  
> report from San Jose CA.  Regular $2.35  Mid grade $2.45   Premium   
> $2.55                       Diesel  $2.69 !!!!!!!!!???????   34  
> cents a gal more than regular?   Some 13% !  Would someone tell me  
> just what the bleep is going on???????  I thought it was supposed  
> to be cheaper to produce diesel fuel.  Why hasn't this thing  
> equalized out by now??  Is this going to be more or less a  
> permanent situation?   We go to a substantial amount of trouble  
> (and expense) to drive these little diesel cars, only to realize  
> there is little or no fuel savings (at this point) over driving a  
> regular gas Jetta (equivalent vehicle).  I know you can use bio  
> sources, but that's a bunch of time and trouble ($) in itself.    
> This stuff is starting to really piss me off.  Rant off.  Doug  
> Ferguson
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